त्रयाः प्राजापत्याः प्रजापतौ पितरि ब्रह्मचर्यम् ऊषुः । देवा मनुष्या असुराः । उषित्वा ब्रह्मचर्यं देवा ऊचुर् ब्रवीतु नो भवान् इति । तेभ्यो हैतद् अक्षरम् उवाच द इति । व्यज्ञासिष्टा३ इति । व्यज्ञासिष्मेति होचुः । दाम्यतेति न आत्थेति । ओम् इति होवाच व्यज्ञासिष्टेति
trayāḥ prājāpatyāḥ prajāpatau pitari brahmacaryam ūṣuḥ | devā manuṣyā asurāḥ | uṣitvā brahmacaryaṃ devā ūcur bravītu no bhavān iti | tebhyo haitad akṣaram uvāca da iti | vyajñāsiṣṭā3 iti | vyajñāsiṣmeti hocuḥ | dāmyateti na āttheti | om iti hovāca vyajñāsiṣṭeti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
The threefold descendants of Pra^apati, gods, men, and Asuras (evil spirits), dwelt as Brahma^a- rins (students) with their father Pra^apati. Having finished their studentship the gods said: ‘Tell us (something), Sir,’ He told them the syllable Da. Then he said: ‘ Did you understand?’ They said: ‘We did understand. You told us “Damyata,” Be subdued.’ ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘you have understood.’
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.